Let the Whole World Know and Praise God (Psalm 67, Part 3)

Universal Blessing of God (verses 6-7)

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2067:6-7&version=NIV

God gives us blessings so we can bless the world. May we use our prosperity to spread the gospel. May our blessings from God result in all peoples knowing His salvation. By our resulting joy sadness and anxiety are excluded; by our fear of God contempt and false security are banished.

God our blessing, thank You for blessing us. Thank You for grafting us into Your family. Convict us, Lord, to use our blessings to reach and bless others. Praise You that ultimately all the ends of the earth will fear You.

We can use this psalm as a prayer for the salvation of the whole world. We have been grafted together through God’s salvation by faith in Jesus Christ. Together we share this great blessing with the whole world.

Lord, the light of your love is shining,

      in the midst of the darkness shining:

Jesus, Light of the world, shine upon us;

      set us free by the truth you now bring us –

      shine on me, shine on me.

Shine Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father’s glory;

      blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire.

Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy;

      send forth your word, Lord, and let there be light!

Graham Kendrick (1950- )